Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image of a breast; and a derivation unit that derives a percentage of mammary glands of a breast image in the radiographic image acquired by the acquisition unit on the basis of an amount of incident radiation on a direct region which is a region directly irradiated with radiation without passing through the breast and an amount of incident radiation on a mammary gland tissue pixel obtained by a portion of the breast which is estimated to be composed of only mammary gland tissues in the radiographic image.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
 an acquisition unit, which is a processor, that acquires a radiographic image of a breast; and 
 a display unit that displays information indicating a volume ratio of mammary gland tissues of the breast image, the volume ratio of mammary gland tissues being derived based on a mammary gland tissue pixel of the radiographic image when it is determined whether to derive the volume ratio of mammary glands based on the mammary gland tissue pixel or based on a fat tissue pixel of the radiographic image, and a determination result is to derive the volume ratio of mammary glands based on the mammary gland tissue pixel; 
 wherein the volume ratio of the mammary glands indicates the volume ratio of the mammary glands in a thickness direction of the breast which is an emission direction of the radiation. 
 
     
     
       2. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 
 wherein the acquisition unit further acquires information indicating a thickness of the breast in capture of the radiographic image; and 
 the volume ratio of the mammary gland tissues of the breast image is derived on the basis of the information indicating the thickness of the breast and an amount of incident radiation on the mammary gland tissue pixel. 
 
     
     
       3. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the volume ratio of the mammary gland tissues is derived for each pixel. 
 
     
     
       4. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, the determination result is made by determining a type of density of the mammary glands. 
 
     
     
       5. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, the determination result is made by determining whether the fat tissue pixel is included in the radiographic image. 
 
     
     
       6. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, the determination result is made by deriving the volume ratio of the mammary gland tissues on the mammary gland tissue pixel, by deriving the volume ratio of the mammary gland tissues on the fat tissue pixel, and by determining both of the volume ratios of the mammary gland tissues are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. 
 
     
     
       7. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, the fat tissue pixel is a pixel corresponding to a portion of the breast which is estimated to be composed of only the fat tissues. 
 
     
     
       8. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, the mammary gland tissue pixel is a pixel corresponding to a portion of the breast which is estimated to be composed of only the mammary gland tissues. 
 
     
     
       9. An image processing method comprising:
 acquiring a radiographic image of a breast; and 
 displaying information indicating a volume ratio of mammary gland tissues of the breast image, the volume ratio of mammary gland tissues being derived based on a mammary gland tissue pixel of the radiographic image when it is determined whether to derive the volume ratio of mammary glands based on the mammary gland tissue pixel or based on a fat tissue pixel of the radiographic image, and a determination result is to derive the volume ratio of mammary glands based on the mammary gland tissue pixel; 
 wherein the volume ratio of the mammary glands indicates the volume ratio of the mammary glands in a thickness direction of the breast which is an emission direction of the radiation. 
 
     
     
       10. A non-transitory recording medium recording an image processing program that causes a computer to perform:
 acquiring a radiographic image of a breast; and 
 displaying information indicating a volume ratio of mammary gland tissues of the breast image, the volume ratio of mammary gland tissues being derived based on a mammary gland tissue pixel of the radiographic image when it is determined whether to derive the volume ratio of mammary glands based on the mammary gland tissue pixel or based on a fat tissue pixel of the radiographic image, and a determination result is to derive the volume ratio of mammary glands based on the mammary gland tissue pixel; 
 wherein the volume ratio of the mammary glands indicates the volume ratio of the mammary glands in a thickness direction of the breast which is an emission direction of the radiation.